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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1915
Page
4
An old notice urges sportsmen to celebrate the Fourth with readiness. It promotes camps, cars, seashore trips, country-house gatherings, and equipment from Abercrombie & Fitch as essential for safe enjoyment. Forewarned is forearmed, preparation is the price of complete enjoyment.
A fragmented list shows a mixed catalog of items including cannons, shells, cartridges, rifles, lunch kits, tobacco, flashlights, knives, trophies, and hand made tennis racket sets. Prices range from about $1.75 to $50, with references to American products and military gear.
An old Abercrombie & Fitch catalog note highlights women’s outing apparel with prices ranging from 4 to 55 dollars. Mentions khaki suits priced around 10 dollars and various sportswear items like hats and shirts referenced for country club wear.
Sportsmen’s wear selection features Tweed golf and country suits priced from $20 to $25. White linen crash country suits, cricket flannel trousers, tennis and golf coats, hats and helmets offered. Tipperary Tweed golf socks and complete gift and tennis garb assortments listed. Colistream duck coats and jackets for fishing and riding use.
Bayonet use, cavalry skill, and logistics in the Russian Army are praised for efficiency and adaptability. The article notes strong infantry, mobile transport by peasant wagons, and robust field kitchens, highlighting officer–soldier relations and the army’s rapid manpower replenishment amid ongoing reorganizations.
War zone hospitals order Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for convalescent troops. Sprinkle in shoes or use in a foot bath to prevent tired feet. Sold by drug and department stores for 25 cents. Free trial package offered by S. Olmsted, Le Roy.
A U.S. government demand seeks the immediate release of Ugo Da Prato an American citizen born in Boston in 1895 from Italian military service. The State Department asked Rome to free him arguing his father’s naturalization before birth bars Italian allegiance under dual nationality concerns.
London reports casualty lists through June 9 totaling 6,651 officers wounded and 1,049 missing since the war began, with 11,072 total. May 18 to June 1 adds 703 killed and 150 missing among officers, plus 2,200 total. Australian, Canadian, and Indian contingents also suffer heavy officer losses, while regiments like Leicesters and Dublin Fusiliers show high killed to wounded ratios.
The American Hospital in Paris received an ambulance donated by Mrs. Jules S. Bache of New York. The vehicle served at the Belgian front, earning a daily record of sick and wounded carried, and was nicknamed the contagious bus for transporting 187 contagious cases since March 2. It also evacuated 980 men and traveled 2,084 kilometers, with actions near Ypres, Dunkirk, Poperinghe, and Elverdinghe. The front unit was praised by General Putz via A. Piatt Andrew, with the vehicle once struck by shell fragments and playing a key role in evacuating patients during German gas attacks. Edward Brayden of Watertown, ass. operates the ambulance still at the front.
A Paris datedCable reports Miroir proposing a kangaroo ship to carry submarines. It imagines a submarine concealed inside a tunnel within a neutral merchantman, explaining how German subs could sail far from base undetected and serve as tender and supply ships.
Ss M W Thompson, an American visitor from Germany, told of meeting the U-28 commander at Kiel who said orders were to wait six weeks to sink a liner like the Lusitania. Thompson reported the German crews would torpedo the vessel that would cause the biggest sensation and warned of German desperation.
Descriptions of unidentified Lusitania disaster victims and effects from the bodies have been forwarded by the Chandar Company to offices in New York Boston and Chicago. A message from Queenstown Ireland says photographs taken before burial are included and the company hopes friends will recognize some.
Henry P. Davison of J.P. Morgan & Co. travels to London to meet David Lloyd George amid reports of Allied war contracts and criticisms in Parliament. The visit aims to straighten out purchasing practices, discuss a large British credit facility, and outline details of a planned short-term government note issue.
London June 21 Major Harry T Lumsden of the Royal Army Flying Corps was killed this afternoon while a passenger on a test flight over Brooklands. The aeroplane dived from about 20 feet after the engine failed and smashed. Lumsden died within hours. the pilot escaped with minor injuries.
Rock Island Lines issues a folder detailing 42 travel routes to California with maps and hotel listings. Low round trip fares from New York and trains like the Golden State Limited are advertised with all steel equipment and superb dining service. Contact Hook Island Travel or local offices for folders and tickets.
In Haverstraw New York June 21 brickmakers idle at most yards from Hook Mountain to Stony Point as a pay raise dispute spreads. About 2000 workers walked off last Monday after placards and meetings failed to win a wage increase. One yard operated only one machine as tension grows with threats of property damage. A large Archer yard barn burned today amid suspected worker involvement and intensified security patrols.
In a murky report the United States Tire Company allegedly backs military service, urging employers to offer leave and vacation benefits tied to duty. Names and details are obscured, with incoherent references to Col Samuel P Colt and various corporate heads.
The committee plans to elect a new chair to succeed Lin don Batea Jr who died when the Fushania sank. No meeting is scheduled this month. A delegation and several figures including Dinchot and Dye are mentioned amid internal talks.
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